Yes. Steve Martin wrote a musical called Bright Star, it’s set in various locations in North Carolina in 1923 and 1946 and has a score “inspired by” Bluegrass. In the concert version of Bright Star you can see him onstage picking away on the banjo. Bright Star is a high school favorite.
Those are high schoolers in those photos. The “creative team”, what this theater calls anyone not performing, are high schoolers as well. I don’t know if the head costume designer is always a student, but in this production an 18 year old gets the credit. You should be impressed with her work. I am. I will explain the two big deal resources that made costumes of that quality possible for a group of high schoolers - but don’t let that explanation take away any of the shine. Well-resourced or not, that high schooler did a great job.
I am cheating a little. That production was from PlayMakers Rep’s Summer Youth Conservatory. So, those kids did not have to pass Chemistry or study for AP American History. The…
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